slumping; flopping down; heavily rotating
looking for something; searching for something; object being sought
to catch; to capture; to grasp (e.g. meaning); to perceive; to captivate; to move (one's heart)
what kind of business; what sort of matter
chill; the shivers; shivering fit; cold; coldness; cold air
cormorant (Phalacrocoracidae spp.)
to anticipate; to expect; to place confidence in; to put trust in; to find promising; to see good prospects (in)
to leave (a scene); to step away
playing dead; feigning death; playing possum
to be ordered (to do); to be charged with (a duty); to be assigned (a job)
incompetent; no-talent; worthless person; dimwit; incompetence
one by one; each; every; at intervals of
total darkness; pitch dark; bleak future; poor prospects
gaining time; stalling for time; time-buying
outward appearance; ostensible; public; official
infectious disease; infection
to torment; to punish; to treat harshly; to beat up; to give a drubbing; to cause damage to
use; application; employment; utilization; utilisation
medical efficacy; effect of a medicine
quite capable of ...; could happen; not unlikely to
side effect; adverse reaction
drunkenness; intoxication
resistance (e.g. to antibiotics); tolerance (e.g. drug tolerance)
protist; protistan; protoctist
maximum; to the maximum degree; to the full
middle stage; middle phase; middle game; midfield
performance; take; game; season; penetrative vaginal sex (with a prostitute); unsimulated sex (in an adult movie)
destruction (esp. of evidence); spoliation; suppression; hiding; concealment
to pull up; to drag up; to increase; to raise (e.g. taxes); to withdraw; to leave; to promote (someone to a higher position)
news; tidings; information; correspondence; letter
to be buried; to be covered; to be hidden
to reach one's ears; to come to one's knowledge; to hear about; to learn of (by chance)
to be prepared to flee; to become restless; to become agitated
to be fickle; to be frivolous; to be flippant; to be flighty; to be giddy; to be restless
anesthetic; anaesthetic; narcotic
self-deprecation; self-derision; self-mockery; laughing at oneself
to cross one's mind; to be reminded
to take offense; to take offence; to get angry; to lose one's temper